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Six years later.

As for Bai Xiao, she squatted down to sell the artifacts.

A middle-aged woman holding a four or five-year-old child suddenly ran over and shouted at her, "Xiaoxiao! Xiaoxiao! Something has happened to your family!"

"I'm fine." Bai Xiao shook her head, she quickly packed the artifacts on the ground, picked up her big backpack and followed the lady.

This kind of scene, was already very familiar to the nearby vendors. It was easy to guess that it must be because that good-for-nothing guy from Bai Xiao's family had been charged to his doorstep yet again. To think that such a beautiful woman would have to stand up for a man all night. This man was truly shameless. When Bai Xiao first came here, her skin was soft and her body was thin and tender. Although she didn't talk much, she was still very amiable, so the people around her all liked her. Originally, she set up a barbeque stall, but after just a few days of setting up, a few hoodlums took a fancy to her and wanted to touch her. This matter had also alarmed the police. After hearing that Bai Xiao had gone back, they were even beaten up by her man, saying that she was unscrupulous. Afterwards, in order to not pick them out, Bai Xiao had to make herself look like an unkempt, unremarkable hand products stall. Of course, this income could not compare to the barbecue stall.

When did she appear here? I can't remember. Not long after she gave birth to her baby, anyway.

Bai Xiao followed the middle aged woman and sprinted to her rented house, just as the bunch of hoodlums were about to leave. All of them began to laugh maliciously when they saw Bai Xiao in front of them, "Aiyo, sister-in-law, you finally appeared. "What, do you have money for Brother Ma?"

"I say, you guys. It's not like Xiaoxiao borrowed Ma Jia's money. You're asking Ma Jia if he wants to go, but who do you think Xiaoxiao is?" The middle-aged woman could not stand it any longer, so she carried her child and rushed over to argue.

Bai Xiao knew that this group of hoodlums would do anything, so she quickly stopped them: "Sister-in-Law Li, forget it."

"Ask Ma Jia? "Bah!" One of the hoodlums spat, "I was still hoping to find him. Since Ma Jia couldn't find him now, of course he would look for his wife. I say, sister-in-law, you understand, right? "The Marriage Law both says that the property and debts of both husband and wife are to be borne together. Isn't this work of ours legal enough?"

The debt repayment was, of course, legal, but was loan sharks and beatings legal too?

These words, Bai Xiao knew it was useless to tell them. If they could make sense, they wouldn't be thugs.

She looked at this group of people. The only undisguised gaze was one that was very calm no matter when it was being looked at. From the moment these hoodlums started interacting with her, they had never seen this woman blush, nor did they see any expression other than calmness on her face.

If it wasn't because of their unsightly looks, these hoodlums might even be interested in tasting this young woman.

"How much is it?" Bai Xiao asked in a clear and calm voice.

"I paid thirty thousand last time. There's still thirty thousand left!" The delinquent leader took out a piece of white cloth from his pockets, which was the same one written by Ma Jia previously. This white slip had actually been paid off a long time ago, they were chasing after the interest now. In total, Bai Xiao had already returned close to a hundred thousand.

Thirty thousand left …

She suddenly gripped her fingers tightly. Where was she going to collect these thirty thousand?

"Give me … "Ten days. I'll give it to you in ten days." Bai Xiao said.

"Ten days? Sister-in-law, what kind of joke is this? You want us brothers to drink the wind during these ten days? " The delinquent leader refused, and said with his eyes wide open, "Three days … No, two days. "At most, I won't be able to afford it for two days, then I'll …" After saying that, he suddenly turned and looked at the child in Sister-in-Law Li's arms.

Bai Xiao's iceberg like expression finally changed: "You guys dare! Trafficking in children is illegal. "

Trafficking in children and usury were two entirely different crimes. How could they, the bunch of people who were at the edge of the law, not understand? It was fine for them to collect debts or to smash them, but for traffickers, they would not do that. As a qualified firearm hoodlum, he had things to do and things to not do.

He glared viciously at Bai Xiao once again, "If you can't take out the money in two days, then don't blame me for being rude to you." After he finished speaking, he left in an aggressive manner.

Sister-in-Law Li couldn't bear it anymore and took out a thin stack of money from her pocket. "Xiaoxiao, you know that sister-in-law's family is not well off. Before I come out, your Big Brother Li gave me this money and told me to give it to you. "It's not much help, but at least it's part of the effort of our couple."

"Sister-in-Law Li..." Bai Xiao's nose turned sour, he shook his head, "A cup of water and a cart of firewood. I will think of a way, there will be a way, don't worry about it with Brother Li. "

In fact, it was only a few hundred yuan. Sister-in-Law Li himself knew that this money could not help much. He didn't refuse and took the money back. He said, "I'll help you pack up."

Every time a hoodlum came, he would kick the door open and enter the house, cleaning up everything inside. Right now, the house was in a mess. There was indeed a need to clean up.

But Bai Xiao still shook her head: "I can do it myself, you can go back. It's getting late. Tomorrow morning, you still have to go to the stall. Sister-in-Law Li set up the breakfast stall.

Sister-in-Law Li could not refuse and had no choice but to give the child in her embrace to Bai Xiao, telling her, "If anything happens, you must come find us, don't take it on by yourself."

"Yes." Bai Xiao watched as the Sister-in-Law Li left. If he was not moved, that would be a lie.

She and Ma Jia had only moved here for five years, and ever since they met the Sister-in-Law Li and her family, she had always been taken care of by their family. When she first met Ma Jia, she knew that he was a gambler. But for himself, for Ran Ran, he could only tie him up with a gambler. Ma Jia had not been able to see anyone from morning to night, which more or less made her heave a sigh of relief. Except, of course, for the endless debts.

Ran Ran was in her arms, wearing the school uniform for the sons of Li Brothers. Her entire head was hiding inside her big hat. Bai Xiao gently lifted her hat. Seeing that Ran Ran was sleeping soundly, she heaved a sigh of relief.

After placing Ran Ran on the big bed in the room, Bai Xiao rolled up her sleeves and started to clean up the mess. When she picked up Ran Ran's toy from the ground, the smell of alcohol suddenly came up from behind. She turned at once and, almost instinctively, shielded herself with her arms.

"Ma Jia!" she said bitterly.

Ma Jia was drunk to the point that his eyes had turned red. Raising his face to look at Bai Xiao, he laughed with his yellow teeth: Hahaha … Bai Xiao. Bai Xiao... Hahaha, the young miss of the Bai Family is my, Ma Jia's, wife. "